Star Power of Ajith: Mankatha returns

The Ajith starrer Mankatha -a blockbuster movie of 2011, which completed its 100-day run recently, has been re-released on certain screens in Tamil Nadu January 3 onwards. Directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by Cloud Nine, the movie saw Ajith in a negative role with Trisha in the lead opposite him. The film also marked the milestone 50th flick for Thala.

Sources say that the lackluster show of some of the big actors’ films and small budget movies forced the theater exhibitors to go back to Mankatha. There was hardly a handful of audience turn ing up at some of the theaters, which led to Mankatha’s return, according to an insider. So, to fill the two weeks urn, according to an insider. So, to fill the two weeks gap till Pongal when Vijay’s Nanban and Vettai will hit cinema halls, Mankatha was brought in.

This is not the first time that an Ajith film is get ting a re-release after running for more than 100 days. Billa, released in 2007, was a hit and was re-released in several TN theaters after a film of a big actor failed to bring in the audience.

The fans of Thala celebrated it with great fervor by putting out thoranams and burst ing crackers -just like the first time of its release. That’s the `star power’ of Ajith! When Venkat Prabhu was contacted, he was apparently thrilled. “I also heard! I am elated and I attribute this to the phenomenon called `Ajith’.